Bifurcated union garment



July 7, 1925. 1,545,145 N. KAPLA N BIFURCATED UNION GARMENT Filed Aug. 11, 1920 @Huma/Coz \7 Gttomup Patented July 7, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN KAPLAN, OF COVINGTON, GEORGIA.

kBIFURCA'IUED UNION GARMENT.

Application filed August 11, 192i). Serial No. 402,791.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, NATHAN KArLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the countyvof Newton and State of Georgia, have invented a. new and useful Bifurcated Union Garment, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a bifurcated union garment, and the invention aimsto provide a garment which will confine, in a unitary structure, an outer or dress shirt, as distinguished from an undershirt, and a pair of drawers.

The invention aims to provide a garment of the kind above mentioned, so constructed that it will be strong and well adapted to withstand wear.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of garments of the kind hereinafter described.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a vertical section, taken at the crotch, and in the median line of the garment; and Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing a slight modification in the invention.

The numeral 1 denotes a shirt, the term shirt being used to designate an outside or dress shirt, as distinguished from an undershirt. The shirt 1 embodies a back 2 and a front 3, connected by side seams 4c, the front 3 being divided, if desired, to form flaps 5, connected by buttons and button holes 6, or in any other desired way. A strip 7 of flexible and resilient material, such as open mesh undergarment material, or anything of the like, is let into the back 2 and extends from one side seam 4 to the other, the function of the strip 7 being to render the garment slightly yieldable in the back, so that the garment will not be likely to be torn when the wearer sits down or assumes an eXtreme stooping posture. i

Front pieces 8 are provided, the-same being made out of open meshwork material, or some other material commonly employed in the making of drawers, as distinguished from the material used in the making of an outside shirt. The front pieces 8 are connected at their upper edges as indicated at 9, to the lower edges of the front flaps 5 of the front 3. Rear pieces 10 are supplied, these parts preferably being made of the same material as the front pieces 8. The upper edges of the rear pieces 10 are connected at 11 to the lower edge of the back 2, it being observed at this point, that the back 2 extends downwardly, a considerable amount, below the lower edge of the front 3. The construction above alluded to strengthens the shirt at the back and affords, in particular, strength to resist tear across the buttocks. The outer edges of the front pieces 8 and the outer edges of the rear pieces 10 are connected to form side seams 12, the outer edges of the front pieces 8 being connected, in their upper portions, as indicated at 14, to the forward edges of the back 2, since the back 2 extends downwardly below the front 3.

A notch 15 is formed in the lower edge of the back 2. The front pieces 8 and the rear pieces 10 are cut away, as indicated at 16, along lines merging into the edges of the notch 15 and into the longitudinal edges of the front flaps 5, to open the garment at the crotch. The inner edges of the front pieces S are connected to the inner edges ofthe rear pieces 10, as shown at 17, to form tubular legs. The connection indicated at 17 may be in the form of a permanent seam. Referring, however, to Figure 3, the pieces S and 1()n are shown as being connected at 17 by means of buttons, and it will be understood that buttons, snap fasteners or any- ,thing else, may be used at the point indicated.

The device hereinbefore described combines, in a unitary bifurcated article, an outer or dress shirt and a pair of drawers. The structurev will withstand wear and will not interfere with the ordinary movements of the body of the wearer.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A bifurcated union garment comprising a beek and e front made of dress shirt steek and Connected by side semns7 the frontrbelng divided to forni flaps g'e'stripoi resilient ,materiel interposed in the beek and extend- 5 ed between the sidersearnis; frontpieeesoon- 10 made of underwear stock, ineens for con- --`neeting `the outer edges Vof' the front and rear pieees-,`and=y1neans i'or connecting' the in- `ner edges of the'frontendr rear pieces, to

\ ffornr tubnlnrlegs, theI ronneotions between 15 the inneredges of thefront and rear pieces;4

terniinatingbelow the upper ledges of the rear pieces, the baellmvingL a notch extended upwardly into closerelation to the strip 4of resilient Ainzrterial'to:enhenee'the resill 20. ienoy of the gzulnent'in the'baek, the lateral .edges v'of thenotehmerging into Vthose por'- tions of the inner edges of the rear pieces which are disposed above the means for con- Heatingl the inner edges of the front and rear v pieces, the lower portions of the inner edges oftheflaps of thefront having,r downwardly diverging edges, and the front pieces being out away along downwardly divergng lines extending froin ythe downwardly diverging edges of the flaps to the upper ends of the means for connecting the inner edges of the front andrear pieces, thereby to enhance Vthezresilieney of the garment,v circumferentially thereof. Y

In testimony that I` claim the foregoing 'es jiny own; I have' hereto alixed my signa-- ture "in-the presence of two witnesses.

Y `NATHAN KAPLAN.

' Witnesses A J.`T. SWANN; K' t C. OxNIXoN( 

